Seeds
Morning Glory Grandpa Otts The Morning Glory Grandpa Otts, 'Tpomoea tricolor', is a Heirloom variety that is so stunning that it belongs in every old-fashioned garden. The intense, 2 to 4 inch across violet blue flowers, have a vivid, incandescent ruby star on the petals. The flowers open in the morning and close in the evening. Grandpa Otts Morning Glory prefers full sun and average ,sandy, well drained soil. Water them frequently so they do not dry out. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. Plants started too early are less vigorous than those started later.
A Gaggle Of Gourds The Gaggle of Gourds, 'Lagenaria siceraria', is an assortment of hard shelled gourds that creative crafters will love. This gourd mix includes Birdhouse or Bottle Gourd, Calabash or Penguin, Corsican, Dipper, and Speckled Swan. Gourds are very frost sensitive. Plant 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost date and when soil temperatures have risen above 60 degrees. The soils should be well drained and very rich in organic matter.
A Real Shady Blend The Real Shady Mix, Flower Blend, provides color even in a shady garden spot. If you have high, filtered shade from trees or an area that gets direct sun for only a few hours a day, this shady blend of flowers will provide color and interest with as little as four hours of sun. Real Shady Mix provides fabulous colors and a mix of ground covers and tall spires. Soil must be kept moist while the seeds are germinating and beginning to grow. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun.
Drop Dead Red Sunflowers The Drop Dead Red Sunflower Mixture is a florist's dream. A bouquet or border of these stunners will stop your visitors in their tracks. Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom for an extended period from mid-summer to fall. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil. Keep the plants attractive by removing spent flowers.
Florist Favorite Yellow Sunflowers The Florists' Favorite Yellow Sunflowers have outstanding cut flower quality in an array of sunny colors. Florists favor these mid-sized, pollen-less, F1 hybrids for mixed bouquets. The single and double blooms range from pale to vivid yellow and they will provide a striking collection for beds and borders. It's easy to fill your home with professional-looking floral arrangements when you grow this mix. This sunflower will grow in almost any soil but it blooms and thrives best in rich garden soil.
Perennial Bloom The Perennial Bloom is a mix of many perennials that are the mainstay of many a garden. They provide an enormous array of colors, shapes, textures and bloom times, year after year. This mix of nineteen varieties includes flowers from subtle to showy. Maintenance usually involves deadheading, yearly cleanup, some fertilizing, and watering as needed. Some of the perennials included are Basket of Gold, Black Eyed Susan, Blanketflower, Coneflower, Cottage Pinks, Shasta Daisy, Forget Me Not, and Mexican Hat.
Terrific Trailing Baskets Terrific Trailers will provide a waterfall of floral delight that will show off all summer. This packet contains in excess of 15,000 seeds, so go for it! Plant 1 to 2 weeks before the average last frost. Some of the varieties contained in this mix are Blue Bird, Moss Verbena, Lobelia Cascade Mix, Maiden Pinks, Nolana paradoxa, Dianthus deltoides and Creeping Zinnia.
Dried Delights Instructions for drying the flowers are found on these seed packets. Plant 1 to 2 weeks before the average last spring frost date. Place them in full sun and keep the soil well drained and moist.
Grandmothers Cutflower Grd The Grandmother's Cut Flower Garden Mix is a charming, old-fashioned blend of flowers your grandmother might have grown. Be sure to keep the weeds pulled so they do not compete with the flowers for water and sun. This mix covers approximately 100 square feet.
Sweet Baby Blue The flowers are a range of sixteen pastel and blue shades, and a variety of delightful shapes and textures for a low growing summer border. Plant in the spring, 1 to 2 weeks before the last average frost date.
Short Meadow Some of the varieties included are, Baby Blue Eyes, Blue Pimpernel, California Blue Bell, California Poppy, Daisy African, Poppy Iceland, Verbena Moss, and Wallflower Siberian.
Xeriscape Extreme Xeriscape means water-efficient landscaping.
Bring Home The Butterflies In mild climates, sow seed during cooler months, generally October through March.
Hummingbird Haven There are eighteen different varieties, each an irresistible invitation to imbibe in summer's sweet nectar.
